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Issue 139 • October 2015

Pennine News

£7.2m investmentin integrated health and social care at Rochdale

INSIDE this issue:

• Perfect Week in Theatres

• Healthy, Happy, Here update

• Flu vaccination clinics launched

• Trust shortlisted for three HSJ awards

In the news2 Oct 2015

WORKING together as one effective coherent team is the main message coming out from the Trust’s first two Perfect Weeks in Theatres.

Held at The Royal Oldham Hospital and Rochdale Infirmary in August, and in early September for North Manchester, the initiative follows the success of the Perfect Week for Patients held in June, but this time focuses on the patient’s journey to the operating theatre for surgery, from booking and scheduling and pre-operative assessment through to admission to the ward, the operating theatre and recovery.

Doctors, nurses and healthcare professionals took part in the national initiative to improve the quality of care and prevent avoidable delays and cancellations in surgery. All staff were encouraged to look at the job they do and how it might be changed to improve the patients’ journey.

This included porters, nurses, surgeons, anaesthetists, operating department assistants, radiologists, radiographers, technicians, pathology staff, and all other essential staff who play their part in treating patients when they are on the operating table.

Dr Anton Sinniah, acting medical director at The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, said: “This approach had been developed by the NHS nationally and we have already seen how it can help us make lasting improvements to our services.

“Our priorities in theatre remain the same – to keep our patients safe and

to make sure they get their surgery on time, without unnecessary delays or cancellations. But we can do this better by pooling the experience of all the staff involved in their care.”

A real sense of excitement was created at The Royal Oldham Hospital when they started the initiative in early August as a number of staff involved in the Perfect Week took the opportunity to spend time observing in theatres including trauma and orthopaedics, general surgery and maternity.

Deborah Ashton, divisional director of anaesthesia and surgery, said: “Both sites have performed well during their Perfect Weeks. We had 285 issues logged at The Royal Oldham Hospital and 143 logged at Rochdale Infirmary, and most of these issues were resolved there and then.

“We witnessed great team work at ward level and with theatre teams working flexibly to ensure patients received their treatment and cancellations avoided. We couldn’t have achieved this without the help and support of everyone who took part in the weeks and it was fantastic to see the enthusiasm and commitment to improve patient services.”

At the time of going to press, the Perfect Week in Theatres at Fairfield and North Manchester General Hospitals were getting under way. There will be a report in the next edition of Pennine News as to how they fared.

Perfect Week in theatres gets off to a flying start

Inside NewsTHE Trust has several communication tools to help keep staff up to date:

Team Talk is sent round monthly, for use in all team briefings.

The chief executive’s Monday Message is emailed on Mondays and contains Trust, local and national key issues.

Weekly bulletins are emailed on Mondays and contain a range of operational and site information.

Online copies of all the bulletins and Team Talk, plus more, can be found on the Trust intranet at nww.pat.nhs.uk/communications

You can send your stories for either Pennine News or for local media to Trust communications at trust.communications@pat.nhs.uk or call Nicola Berry on 44284.

If you have any ideas, views or suggestions regarding communications across the Trust, please email staff.views@pat.nhs.uk

ContentsNew dementia garden .....................Pg 4

QuIMP programme at PAT .............Pg 4

Trust is top recruiter intolung disease study .............................Pg 5

Sponsorship scheme for staff ...........Pg 5

Patients’ Choice award .....................Pg 6

Staff awards 2015 ..............................Pg 6

Get your flu vaccination ...................Pg 6

Staff security survey ..........................Pg 7

Come dine with us ............................Pg 7

Manchester Pride signs upFT members ........................................Pg 7

Team Talk ...........................................Pg 8

Team focus on workbasedlearning ...............................................Pg 9

Taking frailty to NHS Expo ...............Pg 10

Nursing and midwifery surgeries ....Pg 10

Trust shortlisted in HSJ awards ........Pg 11

New fraud policy ...............................Pg 11

Thought for the month ....................Pg 12

Blossoming in baby garden .............Pg 12

Healthy, happy, here update ...........Pg 13

Occupational health referrals ..........Pg 13

New £7.2m investment inintegrated health and social care service in Rochdale....................Pg 14

Charity round up ...............................Pg 15

Diary dates ..........................................Pg 15

Staff notice board .............................Pg 16

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3In the news

Sue Ashworth, theatre manager for Oldham and Rochdale, said: “Theatres cannot work in isolation, they have to rely on the support and coherent interaction from other elements across the whole system.”

During the Perfect Week there were a team of people acting as ward/theatre liaison officers (WTLOs). Their role has been to be amongst the clinical teams at ward and theatre level to record information and flag up any issues to the bronze control team at the hospital (pictured above).

David Harwood’s normal day job is fire prevention officer based at The Royal Oldham Hospital but he volunteered to give up time from his busy schedule to act as a WTLO on the orthopaedic ward, T7 and the annexe. David emphasized the dynamic and extremely busy time at the beginning of the day when a wide range of demands were placed on the ward staff. He said: “Everything seems to happen at the same time.” The ward work

remains very intense up until 10.00am after which the ward starts to calm down. David also witnessed small problems adding to the time routine tasks take, such as IT issues, problems with accessing EPMA and printer issues.

WTLO at Rochdale Infirmary, Julie Owen, senior nurse, clinical services transformation manager, said: “I volunteered to be a TWLO as I am interested in getting an insight into how the modern theatres work, as it is many years since I worked clinically in theatre. I also wanted a chance to network with colleagues in this vital specialty. I was pleased to see the motivation of the staff was high to ensure the service maintains efficiency and glad to raise issues on their behalf, that with new eyes I identified.”

Ward theatre liaison officers - what is their take on the programme?

Consultant anaesthetist Dr John Orton and WTLO Joanne Burton

Positive outcomesThe Perfect Week in Theatres has been catching the eye of other Trusts around the country. Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust and the Great Western Hospital in Swindon have contacted Pennine Acute theatre colleagues, seeking advice as they are enthusiastic to have Perfect Week in Theatres on their own Trust agenda. Pennine Acute will liaise with the Trusts and plan to exchange experiences and lessons learnt.

The patient clerking-in area within the day services unit at Rochdale Infirmary is also due to be improved following a comment raised by Mr Afify, consultant colorectal surgeon. He said that the area was inadequate for the number of patients being seen and so as a result, the estates department have visited the unit and undertaken an assessment with a view to re-designing the area.

A Trust wide Perfect Week for Patients will be held from 11 November.

Check the intranet and the chief executive’s Monday Message for further updates on the programme and the call for volunteer ward liaison officers.

Theatres in figuresThe Royal Oldham Hospital - There were 149 operations carried out during the Perfect Week, 30 as day cases, 46 elective inpatient operations, 34 trauma and 39 emergencies. Over 150 people make up the surgical team – over 70 medical staff including consultants and junior doctors, 60 qualified theatre practitioners and 30 theatre support staff – and that doesn’t include the many other staff who contribute to the patient’s journey through hospital.

Rochdale Infirmary – There are eight theatres undertaking 295 operations every week including general surgery, gynaecology, ophthalmology, vitreo retinal surgery, vascular, orthopaedics, trauma, pain, oral, urology and plastics surgery. The site carries out day case procedures and ophthalmic emergencies, Monday to Friday. The majority of patients are treated as day cases.

In the news4 Oct 2015

THE Mayor and Mayoress of Oldham Councillor Ateeque Ur-Rehman and Councillor Yasmin Toor and Hospital League of Friends members have joined hospital staff and patients at the opening of a dementia garden at The Royal Oldham Hospital.

Funded by The Royal Oldham Hospital League of Friends, the special garden has been created in a small enclosed safe area just off ward G1 discharge unit.

Originally made into a garden area in 2013 by stroke victim Sarah Graham, she raised funds to create the area for stroke patients who could access the garden directly from their ward which was then housed in G1.

Still retaining its name as Sarah’s garden, the space has now been updated into a safe bright garden full of colour and plants for patients to enjoy.

Discharge unit manager Susan Howard, said: “The ward staff are very excited and proud about the newly revamped garden area. Estates staff, gardeners and painters at The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust have been supportive and helpful in taking on board advice from nursing staff regarding the needs of people with dementia and this has demonstrated the role we all have in contributing to the experience of our patients.”

Thanks to a very generous donation of £1000 from The Royal Oldham Hospital League of Friends, new plants have been installed in the garden designed to be colourful and fragrant for patients to enjoy.

There is also a colourful mural depicting a sweet shop scene from the 1960s which will hopefully evoke a lot of memories and stimulate conversations between patients, their families and staff about times gone by.

Sue continued: “We have also put a large red telephone box and a bus stop in the garden which will be fantastic for patients to look at and reminisce. The garden environment is safe and secluded from the busy unit and is ideal for all patients with or without memory problems.”

A tea party was held to mark the official opening of the garden.

Rose Hall, secretary from the League of Friends said: “On behalf of the League of Friends, I would like to extend a very big thank you to the staff for the wonderful afternoon tea which we enjoyed at the official opening of the garden. We are very happy to have been of help to bring the garden into being and are sure that in the years to come many patients will benefit from sitting in the wonderful space and remember days gone by.”

QuIMP - PAT’s quality improvementTHE learning and organisational development department (L&OD) in collaboration with the Advancing Quality Academy (AQuA) have supported the development and roll out of a bespoke quality improvement methodologies programme, to support the Trust’s strategic goals and quality strategy objectives.

An internal faculty comprising staff with a keen interest in quality and continuous improvement was established to deliver the programme to a cross section of multi professional staff. Our facilitators are drawn from clinical and non-clinical backgrounds with a keen interest in quality improvement.

Since January 2014 over 75 staff (quimpers) have attended the Trust’s Quality Improvement Methodologies Programme (QuIMP) and have applied their learning in the workplace to progress their projects at a local level.

QuIMP provides participants or quimpers with a greater understanding in how to:

Lead and implement quality improvement initiatives

Engage and motivate teams and stakeholders

Keeping the pace and momentum

Measurement for improvement

Share results and learning

Spreading and sustaining results

Who should attend?

Staff from any area of the organisation (clinical and non-clinical) who want to gain an introduction to the fundamentals and concepts of quality improvement methodologies, in order to implement a change in their workplace. This should be aligned to the Trust’s core objectives and quality improvement strategy. There is no restriction on the size and challenge of the projects so time to complete them may vary between each quimper.

For further information please contact:

Jo Sellar on 720 2583 (42583) or Jo.Sellar@pat.nhs.uk

Maura Moss on 918 4095 (44095) or Maura.Moss@pat.nhs.uk

Sheryl O’Flanagan on 778 5430 (75430) or Sheryl.O’Flanagan@pat.nhs.uk

Or access the QuIMP page under the L&OD intranet pages.

Coming up roses in new dementia garden thanks to League of Friends

Integrated and community services fundraising event - 17 OctoberALL staff and members of the public are invited to attend a fundraising event at Rochdale Infirmary on Saturday 17 October between 1.30 and 4.30pm.

Looking to raise funds for equipment for the Urgent Care Centre, Clinical Assessment Unit, Oasis Unit and the brand new Wolstenholme Intermediate Care Unit, the event is being organised by staff, friends and family of the units.

Fundraising stalls will include home made cakes, Tombola, bottle bag stall, lucky dip and many more. The event will be held in the main entrance building and outside - weather permitting.

5In the news

RESEARCH nurses from The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust have been the top recruiters nationwide over the past three months for a genetic study into interstitial lung disease.

Fifty participants were recruited by research nurses including Denise McSorland, Dionne Dervin, Jonathon Ogor, and Paula Mulligan. This brings the total recruitment at Pennine Acute Trust to a total of over 120 participants.

The study is led by consultant chest physician Dr Zoe Borrill, and supported by Drs. Nita Sehgal, Jenny Hoyle, Georges Ng Man Kwong and Mark Longshaw.

Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is an umbrella term that covers many different conditions. ‘Interstitial’ means the disease affects the interstitium, a lace-like network of tissue that supports the alveoli (air sacs) in your lungs. There are more than 200 different types of ILD. Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is the most common type of ILD and idiopathic means that there is no obvious cause for the disease.

When you have ILD, inflammation or scar tissue builds up in your lungs, making them thick and hard. This build-up of scar tissue is called fibrosis and as your lungs become stiffer and lose their elasticity, you are less able to take oxygen from the air that you breathe. People with ILD can feel breathless from simple everyday activities such as walking. Coughing is another common symptom.

Linda Kent, senior research nurse at Pennine Acute Trust, said: “The ILD study is carried out in collaboration with the

Universities of Bath, Manchester and Liverpool. The study complements the drug trial ‘Riff’ that is running successfully at Pennine Acute and tries to see if the drug Lebrikizumab works in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Treatment options for this group of patients are limited, so studies of new drugs are very important.

“The respiratory team is committed to providing patients with the opportunity to participate in high quality research in lung diseases.”

The team is also working on studies into the assessment of asthma control, and in early autumn are starting a study to assess a very accurate genetic test in patients with severe asthma.

There will also be an opportunity for patients with bronchiectasis to join a new UK wide

registry. Bronchiectasis is a chronic lung condition that can lead to repeated chest infections, and distressing symptoms including chronic cough and shortness of breath.

Dr Zoe Borrill, said: “Participation in clinical research gives clear benefits to patients, staff and the organisation. These studies have provided patients with new opportunities to become involved in research which will provide very useful information in the future treatment of lung diseases.”

Pictured left to right: Dionne Dervin, research nurse; Dr Zoe Borrill, consultant chest physician; Denise McSorland, senior research nurse and Julie Cunningham, clinical research nurse (who co-ordinated the study).

Trust is top recruiter of patients into lung disease study

“Treatment options for this group of patients are limited, so studies of new drugs are very important.”

Sponsorship scheme for staff THE Trust is committed to assisting substantive employees who wish to pursue a career as a registered nurse, operating department practitioner (ODP) or within certain allied health professions (AHP).

Previously referred to as a secondment, the sponsorship scheme was designed to enable staff to complete a pre-registration programme while still retaining their employment with the Trust, and NHS continuous service for pension purposes.

It also allows staff to commit to the study requirements of the course without the need for undertaking additional paid (bank, agency or part time) work. The sponsorship is conditional in that, whilst on the degree programme, you do not over commit to additional paid work thus resulting in detriment to your studies.

Employees who have worked for the Trust for a minimum of two years in a substantive post prior to commencing training are eligible to be considered for sponsorship under the terms of the scheme, as long as they meet the shortlisting criteria and have managerial support. They can be from clinical and non clinical areas.

For further information contact Sheryl O’Flanagan on 0161 778 5430 or sheryl.oflanagan@pat.nhs.uk or see the full FAQ on the L&OD pages of the intranet.

North Manchester Macmillan palliative care support serviceA NEW North Manchester Macmillan Palliative Care Support Service has been launched.

Patients, carers and stakeholders took part in a panel discussion at the official opening and two specially commissioned films were shown which explained the new community-based integrated and extended service.

To watch the film go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPrWiiQtqr0

Full details on the service will be included in the next edition of Pennine News.

In the news6 Oct 2015

THE Trust’s flu staff vaccination campaign 2015/16 has been launched. The Trust is committed again to offering the flu vaccination free to all clinical and non-clinical staff to help protect staff, their families and our patients.

Last year we achieved a 56% staff vaccination uptake. We are aiming to vaccinate more staff this year and to make it easier for staff to get the flu jab. Over 80 of our ward sisters and clinical departmental managers have agreed to act as flu vaccination leads for their wards and areas to vaccinate their staff. Flu link nurses will be available on wards – ask your ward manager. More information about the Trust’s flu campaign is available on the intranet and details of the staff flu vaccination clinics across all sites will be publicised on the weekly bulletin, intranet and in Pennine News.

Flu campaign 2015 launched - get your staff jab in at one of the staff clinics

October flu clinic dates - link nurses will be visiting all our hospital sites and vaccinating staff on the following dates so look out for them in your areaDate Time Site Venue

26 Oct 8.30am to 12 noon1.00pm to 3.30pm

NMGH Ward B1 treatment room - drop in

27 Oct 9.00am to 10.00am

10.30am to 12 noon1.00pm to 3.30pm

NMGH

NMGH

Dietetics and speech and language therapy

Ward B1 treatment room - drop in

29 Oct 8.30am to 12 noon

1.00pm to 3.30pm

NMGH Walkabout in non clinical areas

Pharmacy

30 Oct 8.30am to 12 noon1.00pm to 3.30pm

NMGH OPDG (F2a) - drop in

16 Oct 9.00am to 12.30pm1.00pm to 3.00pm

RI OPD suite 1 - drop in

19 Oct 9.00am to 12 noon

1.00pm to 3.00pm

RI Walk about to physio, cardio respiratory, dieticians, podiatry, pharmacy

Walk about to non clinical areas

21 Oct 9.00am to 12.30pm1.00pm to 3.00pm

RI D1, education centre - drop in

22 Oct 9.30am to 12.30pm1.00pm to 3.00pm

RI Walk about to all areas

1 Oct 9.00am to 12 noon1.00pm to 3.30pm

TROH Pathology staff only

2 Oct 9.00am to 12 noon

1.30pm to 3.30pm

TROH Pathology staff only

OPD A - ortho

5 Oct 8.30am to 12.30pm1.00pm to 3.30pm

FGH Occupational health drop in

7 Oct 9.00am to 12 noon1.00pm to 3.30pm

FGH Walk about to non clinical areas

8 Oct 9.00am to 12 noon

1.00pm to 3.30pm

FGH Walk about to physio, OT, cardio respiratory

Walk about to non clinical areas

Call for nominations for Patients’ Choice Award 2015THE Trust is seeking nominations from members of the public for a Pennine Patients’ Choice Award, as part of its Staff Awards 2015.

The award gives the general public and Foundation Trust members the opportunity to say ‘thank you’ and publicly recognises the outstanding care and treatment given to either them, a relative or close friend.

An independent judging panel will select the winner.

The public can nominate a member of staff, clinical team or ward by completing an online form on the Trust website at www.pat.nhs.uk, by email to ft.membership@pat.nhs.uk or by calling 01706 517302.

All nominations must be submitted by Friday 16 October 2015. The winner will be announced at the Staff Awards ceremony on 13 November 2015.

The event is fully paid for and supported by a number of external companies and suppliers.

BBC Television’s Bill Turnbull has been confirmed as this year’s special guest and compere to host The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust’s sixth annual Staff Awards event in November.

The Trust’s Staff Awards recognise the very best of patient care, skill and innovation among the 9,000 staff within the Trust’s hospitals and community services.

Bill Turnbull is a well-known face on BBC News. He has been a presenter on the BBC Breakfast programme since 2001.

In 2005, he was a contestant in the third series of Strictly Come Dancing. In September 2007, he appeared on the celebrity version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? with his BBC Breakfast co-presenter at the time, Sian Williams, to raise money for Marie Curie Cancer Care. It was announced on 2 September 2015 that he will leave Breakfast in early 2016 after fifteen years.

Bill Turnbull said: “I’m really delighted and looking forward to being part of the Pennine Acute Trust’s annual staff awards and at their final awards ceremony in November. Such awards are a lovely way to recognise and thank local NHS staff and volunteers who really work hard to provide exceptional care to patients in their communities, often under pressure and huge demands. Presenting the Trust’s awards will, I’m sure, give me a real insight into some of the great work taking place at Pennine’s hospitals and out in the community.”

This is the sixth consecutive year the Trust has held its annual staff awards which are fully paid for and sponsored by external companies and suppliers who work with the Trust.

BBC’s Bill Turnbull to host Pennine Acute Trust Staff Awards

OVER 1500 staff have responded to a Trust online security survey.

Some of the findings include:

3% of staff said they had been assaulted by a patient over a six month period. Of these 80% related to the patient’s condition; with the following three main causes 55% - dementia, 30% alcohol withdrawal, 22% mental health problems. Reactions to drugs, learning disability, delirium, anaesthetic, brain injury, dehydration, labour and confusion were also stated as being a cause.

In the same six month period 25% of staff said they had been subject to verbal abuse from patients or other members of the public, these figures included both in person and over the telephone.

Almost 9% of staff said they did not feel safe in their place of work, this included while being on one of our sites and working in the community.

Alarmingly nearly 20% of staff did not know how to contact security.

The security control rooms are manned 24/7 by security officers who are employed by MITIE. Our officers are highly trained in conflict resolution, physical disengagement and control and restraint.

Where necessary staff who have been subjected to any form of assault receive support from their managers, the local security management specialist (LSMS) and the occupational health department. Staff also receive training in conflict resolution and we are about to have a new team of trainers roll out new techniques in physical disengagement replacing the old breakaway courses.

If you would like more details about this security survey or any security related matters please contact Glynis Jones, security management specialist on Ext 71741.

7In the news

Manchester Pride signs up FT membersSTAFF from the Trust, along with other local NHS organisations participated in this year’s Manchester Pride – Big Weekend (29th to 31st August). This was a great opportunity for the Trust to show it’s an inclusive organisation and supports patients and staff who are lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT).

Crowds of people filled the streets of Manchester to watch the parade. Our staff joined the large group of NHS staff in the walking float, as the parade weaved its way through Manchester city centre on Saturday afternoon, wearing colourful NHS t-shirts and handing out helium balloons and other freebies.

Over the course of the Manchester Pride Big Weekend, members of the public were invited to visit the NHS Expo stand in the Community café, LGBT Foundation Building to chat to staff and volunteers, have a free coffee and pick up free information and advice on a wide range of health and wellbeing issues. Staff from the Trust signed up over 120 new FT members and encouraged the public to follow us on Twitter. The Trust currently has 12,200 public members.

Staff security survey

Useful Contact Numbers

Oldham Security Control 78648

NMGH Security Control 43723

Fairfield Security Control 83022

Rochdale Security Control 57700

Police Emergency 9999 (from an internal phone)

Police Non-Emergency 9101 (from an internal phone)

Come dine with us!THE Trust is inviting staff, visitors, public and FT members to taste some of the food served to our patients on the hospital wards.

The tasting sessions will be an opportunity for staff and visitors to give feedback on the quality and presentation of the food we serve, it will also enable us to showcase our current menus range of dishes and special diets that we offer.

We hope to showcase the initiatives we have introduced and highlight the improvements that have been made over recent years.

The sessions are being held on :-

7 Oct from 2pm to 3pm - Broadoak Restaurant, Fairfield General Hospital

15 Oct from 2pm to 3pm - Aroma cafe, Rochdale Infirmary

22 Oct from 2pm to 3pm - Cafe Royal, The Royal Oldham Hospital

28 Oct from 2pm to 3pm - Gallery restaurant, North Manchester General Hospital

Team talk8 Oct 2015

Have you been briefed?Team Talk takes place once a month and is a way of updating you about the latest news from the Trust.

SEPT TEAM TALK

Policy for escalation of nursing and midwifery staffing shortfalls and booking of temp staffing (EDN039)THE Trust has a duty to ensure that all wards and departments are staffed with the appropriate number and mix of nurses, midwives and allied health professionals. Nursing and midwifery staffing levels have been set within the Trust using nationally recognised methodologies and the Trust is committed to ensuring that there are the right number of staff and skill mix to care for our patients safely, and to effectively use our workforce through efficient resource allocation. Recording of staffing levels on a shift by shift basis takes place via the Trust online ‘Safer Staffing Tool’.

To ensure a consistent approach in the booking and deployment of bank and agency workers within the Trust, the Trust operates a Central Bank to support wards and departments in times of staff shortages. A revised policy (EDN039 Version 2) has been produced to give guidance and support for the process for escalating shortfalls in nursing and midwifery staffing and the booking of temporary staffing. The policy is available on the Document Management System (DMS) via the intranet under policies & documents. This policy should be read in conjunction with ‘Policy for the use of Temporary Staff’ (EDH042) and ‘Nursing & Midwifery Rostering Procedure’ (EDN038).

Next step for EvolveIN February, the Trust started using Evolve which is our new electronic document records management system.

Under Evolve, patients’ paper case notes are sent away for scanning and subsequently made available digitally. Now that most teams are using Evolve, the next phase will eventually see the replacement of scanned paper notes with online forms.

This means that instead of paper forms being scanned and subsequently viewed online, staff will input information directly into electronic forms.

Nursing assessment documentation, mandatory risk assessment and generic care plans are currently being tested and will be ready to pilot by the end of November 2015. Wards I6 and J6 at NMGH have agreed to pilot electronic adult nursing documentation from both a surgical and medical perspective.

Over 300 extra mobile IT devices will be rolled out on wards to enable the completion of nursing forms at the bedside.

Training will be provided to support nurses through this major change.

In order to shorten the reliance on searching for legacy case notes, other work is focussing on paediatric growth charts forms, forms used in the outpatient settings stored in episode files, including pre-operative assessment clinics; and operation notes.

Clinical configuration leads Lisa Cummins, Jim Rawcliffe and Janine Beattie will continue to support staff in all directorates. For more information, search Evolve on the intranet or contact lisa.cummins@pat.nhs.uk or ext. 45704

Clinical CouncilLAST month Dr Gillian Fairfield, chief executive, announced that the Trust is establishing a new Clinical Council to act as a touchstone for the clinical voice in the Trust and to contribute to lively and constructive debate on the Trust’s strategic direction. The Clinical Council will also sense check clinical matters relevant to frontline staff. Nominations have been sought from clinical staff - consultants, nurses, midwives / HCSWs, AHPs, junior and middle grade medical staff and members of clinical professions and hands-on clinicians with no current management role.

The Council will be made up of:

2 consultants from each division (10)

2 nurses / midwifes / HCSWs from each division (10)

1 from each clinical profession (physio, OT, dietetics, SALT, podiatry, audiology, orthoptics)

1 from radiography, 1 from pharmacy, 1 from pathology

SAS doctors and junior doctors (1 x FY1, 1 x FY2, 1 x core trainee, 1 x specialist trainee, 2 x SAS doctors)

For this first year, if there are more nominations than places, members will be selected by drawing lots. Next year we will run an election.

Team Talk

A typical dayEvery day is different, but typically each day would involve responding to emails, conducting quality assurance checks on internally delivered programmes and having 1:1 meetings with my team members. I usually attend at least one meeting such as a provider meeting with one of our external prime contractors or an internal verification meeting. I check on the progress of our apprentices and complete any paperwork to enable us to claim funding for them starting or completing their course. I’ll also work on one of our projects such as widening participation which enables the Trust to work with our local communities to showcase our employment and developmental

opportunities.

What are the highlights of your job/service?

What would make your job/service better?

What word best describes your job/service?

What is the current biggest challenge in your job/to your team?

How do you see your role developing?

What aspect of your job/service is the most rewarding?

Team focus - a day in the life of

The annual Education Awards are the highlight of my year as it’s an opportunity to celebrate the achievements of our staff who have completed qualifications, and catch up with them. It’s amazing how many go on to further study or new career pathways after finding that learning is actually fun!

With the launch of the national Talent for Care strategy we need to look for new ways for our support staff to ‘get in, get on and go further’. Part of my role is to facilitate this and create new ways of thinking. For example we have just started to look at the feasibility of a bridging programme to help our HCAs without sufficient academic qualifications to apply for a nursing degree course.

There are actually two big challenges at the moment. As part of the NHS Apprenticeship Promise we need to establish what percentage of the support workforce hold a minimum of a level 2 qualification. As the Trust has not centrally recorded this information until recently, we’ve had to ask each individual for this information, but still a large number of staff have not responded to us. The second is that we’ve recently started a pilot group of young apprentices as the organisation employs very few staff under the age of 21, and this is something which we need to increase in the future to meet the needs of the organisation. Working with young people offers different challenges than we are used to, but it is very rewarding.

Multi-facetedSeeing the impact of new initiatives upon the organisation and the effect which they have upon patient care. For example the recent introduction of the Care Certificate provides assurance to our patients that all new healthcare assistants (HCAs) have been trained and assessed to a high standard. We’ve also recently commenced a new pre-employment programme as the last programme saw every participant obtain employment, mainly within our organisation.

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We’ve recently launched a peer mentorship qualification for existing HCAs who are assessing new staff undertaking the Care Certificate. If managers could identify who they wish the peer mentor to be in advance of new staff starting in post, this would give us more time to thoroughly train and support them before they begin their mentorship role.

Team focus on workbased learning

The 60 second interviewLorraine Davies is the Trust’s workbased learning manager within the learning and organisational development department

What is the one thing you would change about your job/service?

Less travelling. More investment in communications would reduce attendance at meetings, especially at different sites. If more staff had access to a hands free telephone then it would save travelling to meet with two or three people, therefore increasing productivity.

What don’t you like about your job/service?

The myth that apprenticeships are only for young people. We offer both clinical and non-clinical apprenticeships to staff of all ages, and this is the preferred development route for staff within bands 1-4. Our oldest health apprentice is 58 years old!

News - Trust stories10 Oct 2015

Special visitors to Trust get bird’s eye view!PENNINE Acute has employed some new members who get an aerial view of the Trust’s hospitals each time they visit – a bird’s eye view in fact!

This is because they are North American Harris hawks who are brought into the Trust once a month on each site to deal with pest control.

Dan Reason, site service manager explains: “Feral pigeons are adapted from the rock dove and live in close association with people, often using buildings such as hospitals as an artificial rock face. They have the potential to spread disease, as well as playing host to a wide range of insect pests.

“We therefore decided to look at how we could deal with nuisance birds in a natural, effective and humane way.”

Cannon Pest Control’s falconry bird of prey solution is an environmentally friendly non-lethal deterrent programme which uses live birds of prey to control the resident pigeon population. It works by altering the behaviour patterns of the pest birds, who are discouraged to return to areas where they know predator birds are.

The hawks are flown by an experienced handler once a month at each hospital site for 2.5 hours and this discourages pigeons from entering the hospital grounds. The birds of prey are captive bred, so are not predatory and do not kill the pigeons.

A TEAM from North Manchester community services have showcased their work on frailty at the 2015 Health and Care Expo in Manchester. Held on 2nd and 3rd September, the Health and Care Expo is the biggest health and care event in the country with 5,000 people attending. This year’s focus was innovation and the team presented at a pop-up university session, alongside an agenda filled with speakers from national bodies, vanguard sites, and recognised leaders in health and social care.

The local Frailty R&D approach to service improvement was presented by Lindsey Darley, directorate manager; Carol Kavanagh, community assessment and support service manager, and Adele Markland, improvement advisor from AQUA, on behalf of partners at PAT, AQUA and Manchester City Council.

The team have completed a nine month programme of service improvement focusing on an aim ‘To understand how identifying frailty can impact on a person’s choice of care pathway’. The programme consisted of three 90 cycles of change including reviewing the evidence base, determining theories which were then tested, measured and evaluated, before expanding into a second and then a third cycle.

Initially three screening tools were tested with five patients in Henesy House, before

rolling out one tool across intermediate care services and crisis response.

The data and outcomes from the project have proved so successful that this has now expanded to re-ablement services in social care, and is due to be rolled out into other community based health and social care services.

Screening is being completed at assessment and discharge in the newly formed integrated health and social care service in Manchester, the NM community assessment and support service, and within the next few weeks we will start to see the impact of frailty across a whole multi-agency pathway for the first time.

Since completing the nine month programme the team have also developed the role of a frailty champion in NM community services, and worked with the CCG to develop local CQUiNs. Work is also being undertaken to progress understanding of what can be done locally to support preventative measures for people vulnerable to frailty, and to investigate pathways and links with palliative care services.

For further information please contact Lindsey.darley@pat.nhs.uk or carol.kavanagh@pat.nhs.uk

Pictured left to right are: Lindsey Darley, Adele Markland, Pennine Acute chief nurse Gill Harris and Carol Kavanagh.

Taking frailty to NHS Expo!

Nursing and midwifery listening surgeriesGILL Harris, chief nurse, and Kimberley Salmon-Jamieson, deputy chief nurse, are holding a series of Listening Surgeries across the Trust over the next few months where nursing staff, AHPs, HCSWs and midwives are invited to attend to share their thoughts, ideas and ask questions. You are invited to attend whichever dates are most suitable and convenient for you.

The first sessions have been well attended with some really good questions, ideas and views from staff on issues which we can focus on to make improvements for staff and our patients.

The dates and venues for the other sessions are listed below. All sessions will be for one hour and you are invited to drop in to part, or all, of any session.

13 October - Room D3, Rochdale Infirmary, 11am

10 November - Lecture Theatre, FGH, 2.30pm

9 December – Lecture Theatre, ROH, 2pm

New MERS page on intranetAS part of the emergency preparedness pages on the intranet, a new section has been added on MERS + CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus).

The page includes an algorithm and action cards for staff to follow.

For further information, contact the emergency preparedness, resilience and response unit on 71927.

STAFF at the Trust are celebrating after being shortlisted for three prestigious Health Service Journal awards.

The crisis response service within the Trust’s integrated and community services division has been shortlisted in the acute, community and/or primary care services redesign category for its Improving safety and quality in primary care: crisis response pilot at North Manchester. This looks to improve the health and social care in patients that have reached a crisis point, that previously would have presented at urgent care or been in 24 hour care.

Shortlisted in the using technology to improve efficiency category, the integrated IT for better care project has captured the innovations that are part of the Trust’s continuing advancement of its electronic

patient record. It includes integrating innovative new clinical and administrative systems which reduce duplication and bring together patient data to provide more streamlined and efficient care.

The Pride in Pennine programme was also recognised as it was shortlisted for the staff engagement category. Using the strapline Pride in Pennine – staff engagement at the heart of our culture, the nomination recognises that the Trust has gone through a transformation in 14 months as staff are more engaged and are at the heart of the Trust’s decision making.

Each team will have to present their entry to a judging panel in October, before the overall award winners are

announced at a ceremony in London on 18 November.

Good luck to all our entrants.

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New strategy to prevent fraud, bribery and corruptionA NEW local anti fraud strategy and policy has been developed at the Trust.

Alun Gordon who is the lead local counter fraud specialist, said: “Further to our Pride in Pennine values we must all be responsible for protecting our NHS hospitals and service from all types of fraud, bribery and corruption. This safeguards our limited NHS resources by reducing our losses to an absolute minimum and allows us to maximise our NHS resources to benefit the local health population.”

The new policy which deals with anti fraud, bribery and corruption can be found on the Trust intranet.

To support the Trust’s anti fraud strategy, you can report any fraud concerns to Alun on 0161 922 3549 or anonymously to the NHS fraud and corruption reporting line on 0800 028 4060 or online at www.reportnhsfraud.nhs.uk

Trust shortlisted for HSJ awards

TWO midwives at the Trust are helping to drive forward the SaBiNE Saving Babies Lives in the North of England initiative.

The national quality programme seeks to help improve the detection and management of babies who are smaller than would normally be expected, and to reduce stillbirth rate and early neonatal death.

Debbie Whittaker from The Royal Oldham Hospital and Alexandra Hawkins-Drew from North Manchester are now fully engrossed in the programme which sees them ensuring that all midwives and doctors complete a training package which demonstrates current up to date practice.

They are also auditing all births from June to August and generating a birth centile chart which will enable data to be collected for babies which are small gestational age.

Debbie (pictured right) said: “As a midwife I feel extremely passionate about improving care pathways for women, potentially at risk of small gestational age and stillbirth. If only one baby can be

saved, I consider this a positive outcome.”

Cathy Trinick, divisional director of midwifery, said: “A crucial element of the SaBiNE work is communication – between colleagues and between health professional and pregnant mother. This builds trusting relationships, helps us to detect suspicious signs early and ensures that pregnant

women know what to look out for and that they will be listened to when they tell their midwife.

“Our efforts are already beginning to show an impact and this is best demonstrated in the following words from a mother and her family regarding the timely identification of a baby who was vulnerable due to its slow growth, by the mother discussing a change in baby’s movements with her midwife: “This card cannot thank you enough, although you were only doing your job, you listened and didn’t ignore what I was saying. We can’t thank you enough, because we know, without you making me stand my ground with the hospital, Lily would not be here now, and we know that because of her movements. We thank you so much, our little surprise is perfect.”

Trust midwives at work on SaBiNE programme

Alex Hawkins-Drew Debbie Whittaker

Four elements of the SaBiNE care bundle Stopping smoking

Monitoring babies’ growth during pregnancy

Reminding pregnant women of the importance of babies’ movements

Monitoring during labour

Celebrating successTHE Mediscreen occupational health and wellbeing service is proud to confirm that as part of the Trust it has successfully renewed its annual Safe, Effective, Quality Occupational Health Service (SEQOHS) accreditation until 2 August 2016.

Congratulations to all staff in the service for their continued commitment to maintaining SEQOHS standards.

A BABY memorial garden at North Manchester General Hospital has had the tender loving care of students from The Manchester College to nurture its plants.

The students who are part of The Prince’s Trust community project spent three days working in the garden to make it look as stunning as possible. They did a wonderful job and handed the garden back to the Trust at a special ceremony attended by Trust staff, representatives from the Manchester College, the students, representatives from The Prince’s Trust and the local Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Society (SANDS) group.

Michelle Morgan, maternity support worker and member of SANDS, said: “We would like to thank the tutors Graham and Jayne, along with the students for all the hard work that they have carried out in the baby garden.

“It means so much to bereaved parents to have this garden space where they can go to sit with their thoughts.

“The students have added lots of new plants, ornaments and solar lights. We are very grateful for your hard work.”

Thought for the month

by chaplaincy co-ordinator Rev John Hall

HARVEST is being celebrated at this time of year as we give thanks for the provision of food that helps sustain and nourish us all.

Food helps replenish our energy, gives us strength and when choosing wisely keeps us healthy.

Many church communities have special services giving God thanks and acknowledging those who grow and harvest our food. Yet the reality is many seem to go without the basic essentials in the world, we have more food banks than ever before in this country and we seem to waste far too much.

Farmers protest that they don’t receive a fair price for their milk. Supermarkets have price wars to entice new customers. We are constantly told what not to eat or what we should eat.

As staff working in the NHS we know some of the fears surrounding unhealthy eating, the latest one being about diabetes. Do we have the wrong approach to food? Instead of a rushed snack over a computer terminal, food needs to be enjoyed in a separate place from our desks, maybe with other members of staff in a more relaxed environment.

When you look at the stories about Jesus you will often find him stopping to enjoy food, taking the time out of his busy schedule to give time to others, to listen and to chat. The place of good food exists in all faiths and traditions as well as celebrating other special occasions. We take food for granted too often. Food will continue to make the headlines both good and bad.

As we aim to give good spiritual care in our team let’s not forget the importance of shared lunch times, meals out, festivals enjoyed, for those occasions can become spiritual times of nurture, community and well-being.

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Blossoming in the garden thanks to Prince’s Trust

Occupational health and sickness - to refer or not to refer! WE know that managers are under a lot of pressure to deliver on the front line and that staff sickness can sometimes have a devastating impact on service delivery – we ALL have a role to play in getting the process right where staff return to work fit, well and capable both mentally and physically.

Occupational health are here to help managers to identify indicators and triggers of ill health within the workforce and to negotiate the quickest return to work as possible for the staff member on sick leave.

The key to a successful relationship with occupational health is a sound and robust management referral that is both descriptive and relevant. We estimate that almost 10% of the referrals that we currently receive are non-relevant and not occupational health related and a further 30% we cannot triage as there is insufficient information provided.

Completing a management referral takes time out of an already busy day for

managers – having paperwork returned for any of the reasons above just adds to the pressures of needing a staff member back at work but not knowing what to do!

To help this common situation, occupational health have installed a dedicated managers’ hotline for managers to decide to refer or not to refer. Before completing the referral form, phone 0161 918 4543 or 44543 and run it by an occupational health team member and get advice on firstly, whether it is relevant and secondly, identifying the most descriptive content which means that we can identify the best professional to see your staff member.

You will still need to complete the form BUT you will know that your time has not been wasted and that you are doing the utmost best for your staff member and their subsequent speedy return to work!

So remember when you think occupational health, think, to refer or not to refer, and call 0161 918 4543 or 44543.

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OUR Pride in Pennine process has generated more than 40,000 contributions from staff, with ideas for how staff can feel happier and healthier at work and help to reduce sickness absence. The Trust is committed to improving things for staff and we have prioritised getting the right plans in place so that staff feel the difference and are proud to work at Pennine.

Teams across the Trust have been working together over the past six weeks to agree how they can work together to deliver

your ideas. Detailed implementation plans are now in place with milestones we are working towards.

Work is well under way to begin the delivery of these projects and we will be providing regular updates on how the plan is progressing and where you can find more information through this newsletter and also through a series of other communication methods.

To date, our work has focussed on the following:

Pride in Pennine: Healthy, happy, here

You said... We did...We want healthier catering options

We are reviewing the provision for out-of-hours catering across all hospital sites, with a particular focus on hot food options and healthy choices in vending machines.

You can expect to see better options and facilities in place by November.

The role of occupational health needs to be clearer

We have developed a managers’ training pack and a poster campaign to help understanding of the service.

We have put a fast-track protocol in place for areas of particularly high demand. A managers’ referral helpline and manager training on the role of occupational health in

September.

We need more visible leadership All managers of the Board and the senior management team have now completed a back to the floor visit with others planned throughout the year.

Feedback on the visits undertaken and issues raised will be fed back via Pennine News. If you wish to book an executive director to visit your department please contact Barbara

Hazel-Scott at barbara.hazel-scott@pat.nhs.uk or on 45468.

Our managers and leaders need more structured development

Using your feedback, we have developed a Pennine Transforming Leaders’ programme which will consist of six sessions to be run over a 12 month period, initially for the new divisional triumvirates before being rolled out to other groups of managers.

A leadership strategy has also been developed, and will be approved by the Board in September.

A ward managers’ programme will be launched in January 2016.

Not all staff live the Pennine values

Using your ideas from the Pride in Pennine platform, we have set out the behaviours linked to our Vision and Values.

We have developed a series of questions linked to those behaviours to be approved at the Board, which will be used to inform the staff appraisal process. We have also designed a 360 feedback tool based on these questions for our leaders. We will be piloting this for feedback between October and December 2015.

The next step will be to incorporate this into all our recruitment and appraisal processes by early next year.

Car parking is too stressful From 17th August, there are 90 extra car parking spaces at Oldham. Extra bike pods have been installed at Oldham and NMGH. The car parking policy has been refreshed, in line with national guidance. By January 2016, we will have communicated alterative travel options, including car

shares, pool cars, interest-free loans for public transport and cycling.

Provide support to lead a healthy lifestyle

Currently developing plans to introduce a staff podiatry service by December 2015, as well as provide Yoga and Zumba classes.

Offer taster sessions for the ‘Rock Choir’ from September. Promote the existing staff fast track services for physiotherapy access and access to

psychological services available to all staff. Promote the self help services, a user-led mental health charity providing services across

the North West who believe in people having a choice of mental health care. Further news on these developments will be announced next month.

You can expect the updates on how the Healthy, Happy, Here plan is progressing through staff briefings and Pennine News.

If you would like more information about any of the work referenced above, please contact:

Trust catering – Howard Cartledge, Howard.Cartledge@pat.nhs.uk

Occupational health – Joanne Luther, Joanne.Luther@pat.nhs.uk

Back to the floor visits – Jon Lenney, Jon.Lenney@pat.nhs.uk; Barbara.Hazell-Scott@pat.nhs.uk

Transforming Leaders’ programme and the Values 360 tool – Maura Moss, Maura.Moss@pat.nhs.uk

Changes to car parking – Barry Waterhouse, Barry.Waterhouse@pat.nhs.uk

Health and wellbeing - Michelle Waite, Michelle.Waite@pat.nhs.uk

In The News14 Oct 2015

Rochdale borough residents to benefit from £7.2m investment in integrated health and social carePEOPLE across the Rochdale borough will now benefit from improved health and social care services following a £7.2m joint investment by NHS Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale Clinical Commissioning Group (HMR CCG) and Rochdale Borough Council into a new service that aims to cut down the time people spend in hospital.

The main aim of the new ‘Intermediate Care Tier Service’, which launched at the beginning of September is to reduce unnecessary admissions to hospital and ensure that people can leave hospital more quickly by making care more easily available in the community and people’s homes.

The new 24/7 service is provided by over 200 staff from a variety of health and social care organisations and includes access to integrated health and social care designed around the needs of the individual.

The service, which has been jointly commissioned and funded by NHS HMR CCG and Rochdale Borough Council, is available to people over the age of 18 who are at risk of being admitted to hospital and those with continued care needs who are medically fit to be discharged from hospital. It is anticipated that the majority of patients will be elderly.

People can be referred to the new service via local health and care professionals including local GPs, nursing and care homes, local hospitals and community health care providers. Treatment and care is provided either in the home, a community setting or at one of two specially commissioned enhanced bed units – Tudor Court in Heywood and a newly established Wolstenholme Unit at Rochdale Infirmary.

Providing support and care from GPs, nurses, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, social and support workers and pharmacy technicians, these units enable people to avoid hospital and access more intensive treatment closer to home, with the aim of reducing lengths of stay and enabling faster recovery and discharge. They can also be accessed by patients who have been treated in hospital but still require nursing or therapy to maintain rehabilitation or recovery.

The service is provided by a joint venture between Age UK Metro Rochdale (Age UK), BARDOC (Bury and Rochdale Doctors on Call), Big Life Group, GP Care Services Limited, The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, Pennine Care Foundation Trust and Rochdale Borough Council.

Dr Lynn Hampson, NHS HMR CCG clinical lead, said: “We’re excited to be working with Rochdale Borough Council, The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust and other partner organisations in the provision

of the Intermediate Tier Service.

“This jointly commissioned and provided service is designed to keep people at home and avoid hospital admissions, allowing local residents to benefit from more easily accessible home and community base care.”

Councillor Iftikhar Ahmed, Cabinet Member for Adult Care at Rochdale Borough Council, said: “Hospital care is very important, but it should only be used when completely necessary. For some people, particularly people with dementia who need to be in familiar surroundings, time spent in hospital can actually lead to a deterioration in their condition.

“This new service will make our residents’ lives easier by ensuring that the medical and social care expertise they need is on hand in their homes and communities, so that hospitals are only used as a last resort.”

Dr Shona McCallam, clinical director at The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, said: “This is an exciting and innovative integrated model which will be able to support more people to regain independent living, through a period of

short term care, in either their own homes or in one of the intermediate care beds. This can be either as a step up from community based services or as a step down from hospital or urgent care.

“The service will provide a flexible, accessible and responsive time-limited multi-disciplinary service, focused on a truly integrated health and social care model of rehabilitation and re-ablement where this is achievable.”

This partnership and service development is seen as part of the wider health and social care integration taking place across Greater Manchester under the Greater Manchester Devolution plans. The contract value to the Trust is £5.5m.

Pictured on front page - the official opening of the new Wolstenholme unit at Rochdale Infirmary.

The team within Rochdale InfirmaryThe joining of new teams from all the services and agencies involved has provided a new and exciting opportunity for partnership working. Matron Louisa Harkness-Hudson who has been involved with the practical mobilisation of the new unit on the Rochdale site said: “The launch day was fantastic, all the new teams came together for the first ‘care huddle’ on the unit. It was understandably a daunting time for the new staff but the feeling of excitement that was felt at the end of day one was palpable.”

Katie Foster, integrated and community services manager said: “It has been incredibly heartening to see practitioners from differing backgrounds join together with one common objective ‘to provide the highest quality, seamless, responsive care in a location and at a time that best suits the population we serve.’ By collaborative working and this common purpose, I am absolutely convinced that we will improve the health and quality of life of our locality.”

The inclusion of a daily care huddle (pictured above) brings together staff from all disciplines, including senior managers, where capacity, care pathways, referrals and discharges are discussed for all the areas in the service. This has been put in place for the first four weeks of opening and it has been really successful in understanding how the individual services work and what their pressures are.

Tracy Ogden, team leader for the urgent community response team, said: “The huddles provide a wide overview of all the intermediate care services, while providing support for each other to manage any issues arising daily and how we can address these, eventually I feel that this will provide intelligence to form really robust pathways for our client group.”

Pink Day – Friday 23rd October OCTOBER is breast cancer awareness month and so The Pennine Acute Hospitals Charity is

asking staff from across the Trust to help raise awareness of breast cancer and have some

fun at the same time.

This year Link4Pink’s official Pink Day is Friday 23rd October.

Link4Pink supports the Victoria Breast Unit at The Royal Oldham Hospital. Link4Pink are

asking staff to wear pink to work for a day and make a donation to raise money.

Pin badges and trolley tokens will be on sale, so put your thinking caps on and see what

ideas your department can come up with to raise awareness and money for breast cancer

services at Pennine Acute.

Posters are available and for more information or to register your activity email charity@pat.nhs.uk

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Pennies from heaven to benefit charityTHE pennies from your payslip mean you could give a little but make a huge change.

Why not donate them to your Trust Charity and also support MedEquip4Kids?

Staff can now donate easily to two important causes as the Trust teams up with Pennies from Heaven. The Pennine Acute Hospital’s Charity raises funds to enhance the care and facilities the Trust is able to provide for its patients. With your support we can provide excellent patient care in great facilities, using the best equipment. For the first year the nominated second charity is MedEquip4Kids, a children’s charity who provide equipment and improvements to facilities for young patients in NHS hospitals.

How it works: Your pay is rounded down to the nearest pound – for

example if your net pay is £500.24 then 24p would be donated equally between the Trust Charity and MedEquip4Kids

The most you can donate each month will be 99p The maximum you will give in any calendar year is

£11.88 It’s simple and easy and you can set it up by using the

form available on the intranet. Alternatively you can do this online at www.penniesfromheaven.co.uk/signup

Your Pennieswould make areal differenceDid you know that if all of us in the NHS gave the spare pennies from our payslips we would raise £8.6mper year for charity? Pennies from Heaven allows you todonate the spare pennies from yourpay. If your net pay was £100.34 then 34pwould be donated to charity. The most you can ever give perpayslip is £0.99. SIMPLE.

Sign up forms are available from the Fundraising Office orthe charity page of the trust intranet. For more informationplease contact Shelley Owen on charity@pat.nhs.uk or0161 908 4497.

MedEquip4Kids and Pennine Acute Hospitals Charity willbenefit equally from your donations

THE labour ward at The Royal Oldham Hospital was delighted to reveal a new butterfly artwork, donated by St Joseph’s Primary School in Shaw and The Royal Oldham Hospital League of Friends.

The artwork which hangs outside the bereavement room on the ward has been funded by the pupils of St Joseph’s, who continue to raise funds for the ward.

They donated £250 and the League of Friends contributed a very generous £550.

Both groups of fundraisers met staff from the department when they visited the hospital to see the artwork displayed (pictured above).

Susan Brierley, bereavement midwife said: “I would like to thank St Joseph’s and the League of Friends for their generous donations for the artwork which was completed by local artist Lily Greenwood.

“The image was chosen as we use butterflies as a symbol of still born babies. Butterflies are beautiful and shortlived, just like our babies. They are all different sizes and colours to demonstrate the loss of babies from all nationalities, at all stages of gestation. Representing this individuality, the butterflies in the artwork are all flying off into the sky together.”

Butterfly artwork at Oldham for precious stillborn babies

Diary dates

7 Oct - Come dine with me. 2-3pm, Broadoak restaurant, FGH

15 Oct - Come dine with me. 2-3pm, Aroma cafe, RI

16 Oct - Patients’ Choice award nominations close

22 Oct - Come dine with me. 2-3pm, Cafe Royal, TROH

28 Oct - Come dine with me. 2-3pm, Gallery restaurant, NMGH

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Paula scoops mentor of the year awardPAULA Booth has scooped the Mentor of the Year award in the Recognising Excellence in Practice Awards.

Anne Medcalf of the North Manchester PEF team attended the ceremony with Paula at The Great Hall, Sackville Street Building at the University of Manchester.

The student who nominated Paula said: “What I learnt from Paula most was just by looking at how she nursed patients and how as a nurse she is exactly what I wanted to be; kind, compassionate, honest, caring and to see a nurse care for her patients with such compassion no matter what the situation or time constraint, made me think about how that’s what I want to be as a nurse.”

Other mentors and areas from Pennine Acute were also nominated but were not shortlisted:

Danielle Hill from gynae assessment unit at NMGH: “Danielle is a fantastic nurse and mentor and she works hard in everything she does, I really feel she deserves this award due to her massive amount of dedication and the time and effort she puts into everything.”

Debbie Cryer from Cheetham Hill district nurses: “Debbie is an absolutely fantastic mentor who does everything she can to ensure you are getting the most out of your placement. Definitely the best mentor I have ever had.”

Ward F1 at NMGH was nominated for Placement of the Year: “I’ve never come across a staff team who works so well together, everyone seemed like friends. As soon as I walked on to the ward I was welcomed as part of that team and gelled straight away.”

Anne Medcalf said: “These nominations confirm that Pennine Acute Trust mentors and placement areas are committed and hardworking in ensuring our pre-registration students have excellent learning environments. Congratulations and well done to them all.”

Paula is pictured receiving her award from BNurs adult field lead Dr Carol Mackintosh-Franklin and the student who nominated her, Sonya Aylward.

Farewell to AlanPORTER, Alan Cole was wished a fond farewell when he retired from the Trust after 20 years service.

Previously working in A&E for 15 years, Alan spent the last five years of his working life as a general porter around The Royal Oldham Hospital site.

Ward staff and porters joined him for a farewell buffet where they presented him with money.

With plans to spend his retirement going away on holidays, Alan has also bought a new car so that he can enjoy day trips out.

Happy 60th Barbara DormerA VERY happy 60th birthday to one of North Manchester’s most well known and popular members of staff.

Hoping you have a wonderful day Barbara, from all your friends at NMGH xx

Happy 30th HelenHAPPY 30th birthday to staff nurse Helen Hill. Congratulations and viva Las Vegas from all your friends and colleagues at Fairfield.

Jordan is in the top ten! JORDAN Smith, a member of the clinical coding team has been awarded the Monmouth Partners’ Award for achieving one of the top 10 highest marks in the country in the National Clinical Coding Qualification (NCCQ).

Achieving a double distinction, the clinical coding team want to congratulate Jordan not only on achieving accredited clinical coder status, but also for passing with such outstanding results.

Clinical coding is vital in the delivery of safe clinical care, planning, commissioning and payment of service, and the team are always looking to liaise with clinical professionals, to ensure that patients’ diagnoses are recorded accurately. If you would like to know more about clinical coding contact gemma.guile@pat.nhs.uk